Improvement in machines for ctjitting- and splitting- wood



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Laim Patent Naci-009,v dateenembwis, 186s.

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To all whom (it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY WILLIAM J AoKsoN", of La Crosse, in the county of La Crosse, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and nseful Improvements in Machine for Cutting and Splitting Wood; and do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and te the letters 'of reference marked thereon.

. The nature of my invention consists in the construction arid general arrangement of a machine for cuttingv and splitting wood, which is easily managed, and will Work with ease and dispatch.

In order to enableothers skilled in the art to which my invention appertains, to make and .use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the' annexed drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a side view, and v IFigure 2,- a'plan view.-

'A represent standards, to which the rails lB B are firmly ybolted bymeans of nuts C O, or other suitable means.

y I place fomrails, two above the other two, and at suitable distance from each other, so as to form a way for lthe follower and knives to slide back and forth upon.

The follower or block F, which is placed on the rails B B, is slotted and grooved, so as to fit between and below the rails, and to its under side a connecting-rod, H, is pivoted, which rod, by a crank, I, is attached to a shaft, K, and to said shaft is secured a pulley, L, s o that if the said pulley `is connected by a belt tofan en.- gine, the follower or block F obtains a forward and backward motion on the rails B B.

To onevend of the follower E is secured a vertical knife, D, the cutting-edge of which corresponds exactly with a similar knife, D', at the end of the rails, which latter knife is secured to the lstandard A.

.NVhen, by the motion of the follower, these knives are brought together, the wood is cut, and the piece thus cut off falls down on the inclined plane' f, and moved towards the other end of the machine, when it is picked up and placed on a platform, e, in position to be split, c

The platform e is laid at the end ofthe machine, on the upper -rails B B.

At the corresponding end of the follower'F is .a knife, E, 'for splitting the wood. This knife is shaped, as shown in the drawings, like a cross, with four cuttingedges, splitting the wood in four pieces..

G G are braces, connecting the standards Aand rails, giving additional support to the latter.

'Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

' 1. The follower F, provided at one end with acutting-knife, D, and at the other end with a four-bladed splitting-knife, E, all constructed and operating substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

v2. The arrangement of the standards A A, rails B B, stationary knife D', platform e and inclined plane f, all constructed as described,'and operating, in combination with the follower E-and'knives D and E, substantially as and forthe'purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claimthe foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this 19th 'day of August, 1868.

"ANTHONY WM. JACKSON. Witnesses:

O. R. JACKWITZ, H. G. HAUGJAN. 

